Featured Sponsor and Giveaway: Penney Klaproth

I am thrilled to introduce you to multi-media artist and blogger,

 Penney Klaproth. 
Upon recently moving from sunny Arizona to the mountains of southwest 

Virginia I find myself inspired by my new environment.  
Now at home with more time to pursue more pleasurable activities (than lesson planning!), 
my passion for creating drives my days.  

You can find me shooting nature photographs either from my deck in the woods or 
on a long walk, baking home-spun meals and delicious goodies, reading, 
or most often creating in my upstairs studio.   
I've had the urge to create from my youngest days of embroidery and 
hand sewing doll clothes through macramé with the Girl Scouts, Cabbage Patch and 
Barbie clothes, up to my present  addiction of making books and journals.  

Along the way I have dabbled in paint, crochet, embroidery, 
book making, beaded jewelry, sewing, dyeing, surface design on paper and fabric, 
basket weaving, quilting, and card making.  I consider my current art style rustic, 
eclectic, and shabby. I love raw edges, fibers, inclusions, hand sewing, found objects, and the colors pink and green! Oh, did I mention fibers?  I love fabric, ribbon, and thread.

Using materials that are at hand is a challenge I love to take on and usually do. I have created books in boring meetings, while traveling, and in my classroom. There is always an interesting answer to the question,“What if?” and mistakes sometimes reveal something often better than the original. One of my greatest joys is infecting a budding artist with enthusiasm for seeing raw materials in a new way and creating a new type of art. Ultimately I would love to own, run, and teach at an Art Retreat/Bed & Breakfast in the area. My short-term creative goal is to create at home to fill my soul and offer my art to others to fill my coffers so I will feel no need to re-enter the work force.

I'm on my way to reaching that goal with my recent inclusion inSew Somerset Summer 2010 issue and upcoming publication in the spring Somerset Life.check out her etsy shop for more of her journals.

Giveaway:

Penney is offering this lovely fabric journal as a giveaway item.

to enter to win: leave a comment/your name. The random generator will pick the winner and I will post it on Friday, May 6th

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